Tobacco-granulator.



No; 653,576. Patented July I0, |900.

A. B. HARHELL.

TOBACCO GRANULATUR.

(Application med my 2o, 1897.)

' (No Model.)

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PATENT TOBACCO-G RANU LATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,576, dated J' uly10, 1900.

Application filed J'u'ly 20, 1897. Serial No. 645,274. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, ANDY B. HARRELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Pilot Mountain, in the county of Surry and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTobacco-Granulators, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to tobacco-granulators; and it consists of theparts and combination of parts hereinafter set out.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of amachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same.

A represents the base of the machine, on which are secured standards a,b, and c.

B is a screen-frame adapted to move between the standards of themachine. b' is a delivery-spout connected to said screen-frame at oneside and a short distance from the end of the frame.

b2 is a bolting-cloth stretched across the bottom of the screen-framefrom the front of the frame to the near edge of the spout Z7'.

bg is the screen, stretched entirely across the top of the screen-frameand immediately above the bolting-cloth. The rear end of the frame abovethe screen b3 is open at b4. The rear end of the frame between thescreen and bolting-cloth is closed and slants toward the portion.

D is a shredder or granulator consisting of a cylinder having radialknife-edge teeth which intermesh with the teeth on the concave portion.

d is a shaft upon which the cylinder D is mounted. d' is a band-pulleymounted on one end of said shaft.

As will be seen, one edge of the concaved portion rests flat on across-sill and has a groove in its upper edge, in which the rod O3, runsparallel therewith from side to side of the frame of the machine,thusholding the said portion securely in place against move-V mentincident to the shake or jar of the oper-V ating parts of the machine.The rod O3 is provided with threads (not shown) on its end, wherebysides of the machine may be drawn up tight against the endsv of theconcave, whereby theconcave is always in a central position withreference to theside of the ma; chine, thereby insuring the intermeshingof its teeth with those on the cylinder at all times, thus obviatingdamage to said teeth by reason of contact incident to loose and wornparts.

I claimf- In a tobacco-granulator, the combination with the frame, theshredder journaled in the sides thereof and the toothed concave member,a locking-groove formed in its upper edge, of a locking-rod C3 havingthreads on one end, said rod extending from side to side of the frameand seated in the groove on the concave member, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

ANDY B. HARRELL. Witnesses:

G. C. RHODES, WILLIAM A. STANFORD.

